Crop wild relative conservation and use / / edited by N. Maxted ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA ; ; Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, : CABI Pub., 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (710 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95/34
• Soggetto topico: Crops - Germplasm resources; Germplasm resources, Plant; Germplasm resources conservation
• Altri autori: MaxtedNigel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Jack Hawkes: Plant Collector, Researcher, Mentor and Visionary; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I: Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use: an Overview; Part II: Establishing Inventories and Conservation Priorities; Part III: Threat and Conservation Assessment; Part IV: Genetic Erosion and Genetic Pollution; Part V: In Situ Conservation; Part VI: Ex Situ Conservation; Part VII: Information Management; Part VIII: Gene Donors for Crop Improvement; Part IX: Use of Crop Wild Relatives and Underutilized Species ; Part X: Global Issues in Crop Wild Relative Conservation and UseIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Crop wild relatives (CWR) are species closely related to crop plants which can contribute beneficial traits such as pest or disease resistance and yield improvement. Through an examination of national, regional and global context of CWR, this text presents methodologies and case studies that provide recommendations for global conservation and use.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crop wild relative conservation and use
• ISBN: 1-281-20456-0; 9786611204563; 1-84593-307-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446326203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II